Karkaroff (was Re: Hufflepuffs have evil potential?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 17487

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> It was my impression that the DE were not all that loyal. The minute 
> that Voldie was "defeated/weakened", they all tucked tail and ran 
> back to the "other side" with excuses about being mesmerized or such 
> nonsense. Wormtail went into 12 years of hiding. The minute that 
> Karakoff found out V was back, he lit out of Hogwarts like a streak. 
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> Doreen, tossing her two kernels of corn into the pot.
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Doreen's kernels got me thinking.  How do we know that Karkaroff didn't 
go back to V?  We know that he left Hogwarts (but I can't remember who 
told us, was it Snape?).  Do we know for a fact that he didn't go back 
to V?  We assume, because he turned in a DE or two, that he'd be too 
afraid to go back, but did he do anything much worse (or much more 
disloyal to V.) than the rest of them did?  Figure he'll do his 
Cruciatus and beg forgiveness?
I'm trying to remember his trial.  I seem to recall that although he 
reels off a list of names, most of them were already caught/killed or 
something.  He can only be credited with the capture of one or two 
IIRC.
So, if Karkaroff went back to V, then there are other possibilities.
How about Snape as the coward who will be punished, and Fudge as the 
one who has left forever who will be killed?
Seam-rippers at the ready, everyone?
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